Food Hubs

With funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, this project proposes using the Iowa Food Hub staff, infrastructure and sales platform to test the concept of a food hub node in the Dubuque region to increase markets for locally produced food. Download the project summary.

Food Hub Development in Iowa

Food Hub Development in Iowa (2015) – the first coordinated study of food hub development in Iowa. Two surveys of food hub managers and local food coordinators identified 31 food hubs or centers of food hub-related activity that serve Iowa markets.